twarning against redeem private key services - electrum - Electrum Bitcoin wallet
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DIR commit ad3be71ed7178881d8c0706588dfb3b3d573691d
DIR parent e7e9e8916b60e04c7eda9afffa255c466ca5c9f1
HTML Author: thomasv <thomasv@gitorious>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 13:15:10 +0200
warning against redeem private key services
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M electrum | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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DIR diff --git a/electrum b/electrum
t@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
if from_addr not in wallet.all_addresses():
is_temporary = True
+ # important warning
+ if cmd=='addresses' and options.show_keys:
+ print "WARNING: ALL your private keys are secret."
+ print "Exposing a single private key can compromise your entire wallet!"
+ print "In particular, DO NOT use 'redeem private key' services proposed by third parties."
+
# commands needing password
if cmd in protected_commands or ( cmd=='addresses' and options.show_keys):
password = prompt_password('Password:', False) if wallet.use_encryption and not is_temporary else None